The Hunt for the Lost Communist Console
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Many thanks to our expert Daniel Budimann for the great collaboration, and to René Meyer and Dr. Shaoyu Yuan for their valuable insights.
This is our search for the only video game console ever produced in the former communist state of East Germany, one of the rarest consoles in the world.
Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VgFNoQOHj62n-4IYSDViUQeTEm38yY4uHIcYAk6ecRI/edit?usp=sharing
Music list:
Epidemic Sound:
Racing Hearts – Mattie Maguire
PW – Feel Good (Instrumental Version)
Exactly Who – Raymond Grouse
Crossing That Bridge – Brendon Moeller
One Step Away – Dian Shuai
Labyrinth – Lennon Hutton
Danger Ahead – Etienne Roussel
Deep Space Samurai – Forever Sunset
Lighthouse Drawings – Broad Sky
Cold War Games – Gabriel Lewis
Night Views – The Big Let Down
Forever in Love With a Ghost – par
Hysteria – Anna Dager
Expanding – Elliptik
Chrome Dreams – Ben Elson
Ey-Oh – FLYIN
Glacier – Anna Dager
Exit Fade – DEX 1200
Unimerse – Push N’ Glide
Across the Sky – Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen
Artlist:
Heron Vale – Astral Genesis
Damon Power – Cosmic Pulse
Bunker Buster – Space Sauce
Kashido – Swan Lake Theme
O Mer – A Clockwork Door Hinge
Lens Distortions:
Against all Odds
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Armchair documentaries, almost weekly

@TNB2025
July 7, 2026 at 3:11 am
Wow a East Germany Game Console
@mithunnair8587
July 7, 2026 at 3:11 am
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@Billyjean123-o7r
July 7, 2026 at 3:11 am
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@noneofyourbusiness6269
July 7, 2026 at 3:11 am
thank u china
america die
@EmperorJosephus
July 7, 2026 at 3:11 am
Stalin Station
@thatoneglitchpokemon
July 7, 2026 at 3:11 am
"lost"
shows 10 ebay listings
I could also FEEL the sponsor segment
@Fitz.z
July 7, 2026 at 3:11 am
Revolver karl is such a banger name
@ImLazarus666
July 7, 2026 at 3:11 am
Someone is selling a bbs 01 for €1200 on a German site
@oliverschwarz447
July 7, 2026 at 3:11 am
Thank you for bringing back my memories of Game One. I forgot how much I loved that show.
@elleevetname
July 7, 2026 at 3:11 am
iiiiiiiiiii
@ZamaTimes2
July 7, 2026 at 3:11 am
1:23 didn't mind your accented voice hey. You're both; really good.
Thanks for your amazing work Fern Team❤
@onyxx-27
July 7, 2026 at 3:11 am
9:45 pelota means ball in spanish
@skipslash7367
July 7, 2026 at 3:11 am
mustard ass intro
@Ghostlight2006
July 7, 2026 at 3:11 am
I like this voice better
@ScrapeGoatt
July 7, 2026 at 3:11 am
i will miss you, guy with accent.
@Entrahyvus
July 7, 2026 at 3:11 am
0:54 that's budi !
@ElleTurtles
July 7, 2026 at 3:11 am
But I love Jonas… I only watch the videos that are narrated by Jonas
@ravenvalentine4919
July 7, 2026 at 3:11 am
china and the CCP will forever me hated by anyone with morals and a brain
but i will play the video games because i love the people who forget the history and culture that made them great ( the Chinese people ), forgotten under the communist dictatorship of Mao
those games remind them of who they are as they remind us of the same
@alexandrab3310
July 7, 2026 at 3:11 am
15:50 Hoyoverse, previously Mihoyo, has some HUGE games in Asia and the US. “Honkai Impact 3rd” and “Genshin Impact” are what got them so big. they originated in Shanghai i believe, but have moved to Singapore. i read something about it possibly being bc of the Chinese government censorship
@jadhamizan
July 7, 2026 at 3:11 am
US uses Hollywood to project positive images, so I don't see why China shouldn't do the same with gaming.
@GarryMrvn
July 7, 2026 at 3:11 am
"Daniel budiman" Is he indonesian? 😮
@Seriously...y
July 7, 2026 at 3:11 am
17:25 Because too many people want to try whatever shining object dangled in front of them regardless of where it's coming from and too many companies will do anything for money. Chinese people are not evil, but the Chinese government and its values are.